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This is a list of equipment of the Swedish Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms , combat vehicles , explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, artillery, air defence and transport vehicles.
Swedish version of Sako M23, is expected to enter service by 2025. M4A1 United States: Assault rifle 15,000 Ordered directly from US Army stocks to act as interim service weapon while awaiting delivery of Ak 24. [1] Ak 5 Sweden: Assault rifle
The Bv 206S is an armoured personnel carrier variant of the Bv 206, which provides protection from small arms fire for the occupants. It is in service with the armed forces of France , Germany (379 Bv 206D/S ordered), Spain , Netherlands , Italy (158 units), Sweden (93 units), Greece (Bv 208) and Singapore (300 units), which has replaced it ...
Kit consisted of a white helmet, belt, gloves and ankle gaiters. "White outfit m/1954" was a collective term for the kit. It was used by the army together with uniform m/1952 and later to uniform m/1960 for guard duty. [1] m/1958 Field uniform m/1958. (From the Army Museum's collections). Sweden: Combat uniform Unknown 1958-????
By 2004 the size of the Swedish Army was down to 60,000 soldiers, and in 2013, three years after the end of conscription, the size was at an all-time low of just 16,000 soldiers, though the army plans to reach a level of 50,000 professional soldiers by 2020, mostly through a large media campaigns.
The military equipment of the Swedish Home Guard includes only a narrow array of arms, vehicles, mortars and launchers. Majority of these are retired equipment from the Swedish Army whilst the minority is acquired especially for them.
4 repair and recovery vehicles; 4 ambulance vehicles Prior to March 2023, the Netherlands donated 28 BvS10 to Ukraine. [31] Sweden (320) 153 BvS10 MkII are operational with the Swedish Army. It is known locally as the Bandvagn 410. [32] 48 ordered in early 2012; 105 ordered in December 2013
Along with Husqvarna Vapenfabrik, Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori has provided the Swedish Army with small arms for over two centuries.There have been both foreign designs, such as the Remington M1867 rolling block and the Swedish Mauser rifles, as well as domestic designs such as the Ag m/42 semi-automatic rifle and the Kpist m/45 submachine gun.